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Tea death

2017-03-21 17:37:07.878947+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Woman, 56, dies after drinking toxic tea from SF Chinatown tea shop:

Xie and the surviving victim became critically ill — experiencing weakness and abnormal heart rhythms that required resuscitation — within an hour of drinking tea they had bought from the herbalist, officials said.

The common ingredient may have been aconite that wasn't properly processed.

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